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| Ukraine attempted to assassinate Putin with killer drone: claims |
| 2023-04-29 |
| [NYP] Ukraine purportedly attempted to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin with a killer drone — but it crashed short of its high-profile target, a report claims. Unidentified sources claimed that the Ukrainian secret service launched a UJ-22 drone loaded with C4 explosives on Sunday, the German newspaper Bild reported. The drone was allegedly intended to target the Rudnevo Industrial Park, where Putin was expected to visit either Sunday or Monday. Instead, the outlet said, it exploded about 12 miles away, on the outskirts of Voroskogo. Photos published by Bild purportedly show the wreckage of the device in a wooded area. Ukrainian activist Yuriy Romanenko also claimed on Twitter a day after the drone crash that the country’s intelligence "had received information about Putin’s trip," and that "our guys launched a kamikaze drone that flew through all the air defenses of the Russian Federation and fell not far from the industrial park," according to a translation by the German publication. Romanenko said Putin’s planned visit to the park was indirectly confirmed by a Kremlin spokesperson on Telegram on Sunday. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 The one I saw a picture of looked almost intact. The bomb didn't detonate. Looked like it clipped a tree. Fearsome weapon. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-04-29 14:58 |
| #4 Maybe false flags work both ways.... |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-04-29 12:57 |
| #3 Then there is the risk that Putin will respond by raining missiles on Kiev. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-04-29 12:53 |
| #2 Its a remarkably bad idea. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-04-29 11:35 |
| #1 There were reports earlier of a small handful of Ukrainian drones carrying C4 found crashed in Russia due to empty fuel tanks. No doubt the thought of killing Putin makes the regime-change crowd moist and it would be a huge PR victory, but the consequences for Ukraine would be ++ungood. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-04-29 09:54 |